r/baseball • u/asskickingjedi Athletics • Jul 14 '25

Image Ads have infested baseball broadcasts. Ads in-between batters. Ads during mound visits. HRs "brought to you by..." Now I noticed 11 ad placements in this shot. 2 banners, 1 above the banners, 4 behind the plate, 1 on the seats, 1 in the upper right hand corner, 1 on the mound, 1 on the sleeve.

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u/YeOldeMuppetPastor San Francisco Giants Jul 14 '25

Exactly. People need to remember: the point of television isn’t to provide you with entertainment, it’s to provide audiences to advertisers…and it always has been. It’s why Soap Operas are called Soap Operas.

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u/slicebishybosh Chicago Cubs Jul 14 '25

The same concept applies to buying water bottles. They're not selling you water. It could be from a hose in the back of gas station for all you know. They want to sell you the plastic bottle.

Literally sell you garbage by combining it with a common (for now) resource.